Research Ready: May 2018

Each month, we post an update to notify our readers about the latest archival collections to be processed and some highlights of our print material acquisitions. These resources are primed for research and are just a sampling of the many resources to be found at The Texas Collection!

BU Records Phi Beta Kappa (#BU/255): Contains correspondence and other documents relating to the process of establishing a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Baylor University. There are also extensive records about the visits of guest speakers invited by the society.

BU Records: Central Texas Regional Science Fair (#BU/61): Documents the administrative operations and past exhibits of the Central Texas Regional Science Fair. This fair brought together both high school and collegiate students from across Central Texas to present projects ranging across the entire spectrum of scientific inquiry.

BU Records: Rufus Spain (#BU/379): Baylor University materials produced by Dr. Rufus Spain, an educator and religious historian who served as a full-time professor in Baylor’s Department of History, 1957-1998.

An example of a science fair project from the 1960s. Also in the collection are administrative and financial documents from the fair’s operations 1960-1979. You’ll find this item in the BU Records: Central Texas Regional Science Fair, Accession BU/61, box 11, folder 2, at The Texas Collection, Baylor University.